Solved: 871 wan DHCP

iosolutions1 · ‎10-10-2012

I'm setting up a cisco 871 Router.

I set the wan port to recieve a DHCP address from the ISP as follows:

interface FastEthernet4

ip address dhcp client-id FastEthernet4

Sorry for the stupid question, but, what do i need to put in this situation on my default-route 0.0.0.0 ?

Thanx,

Roee

cadet alain · ‎10-10-2012

Hi Paolo,

By default this route has an AD of 254 and putting the command I suggested gives it an AD of 1 like any other static route

so it really depends if the OP wants the default route to have an AD of 1 or leave the default of 254 . In my opinion it's best to have an AD of 1 and also to see the static route in the running config but it's only a personal choice.

Regards.

Alain

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cadet alain · ‎10-10-2012

Hi,

ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 dhcp

Regards.

Alain

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paolo bevilacqua · ‎10-10-2012

No, dhcp default route is installed automatically.

cadet alain · ‎10-10-2012

Hi Paolo,

By default this route has an AD of 254 and putting the command I suggested gives it an AD of 1 like any other static route

so it really depends if the OP wants the default route to have an AD of 1 or leave the default of 254 . In my opinion it's best to have an AD of 1 and also to see the static route in the running config but it's only a personal choice.

Regards.

Alain

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iosolutions1 · ‎10-28-2012

Hi Alain,

It took a while till I could check it but it works.

Thanx !

Roee